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Emmerdale airs twist for Dawn Fletcher revenge plot ahead of exit in early ITVX release

Warning: Contains spoilers for Tuesday's episode of Emmerdale, which airs at 8pm on ITV1 or can be streamed now on ITVX.

Dawn talks to Joe in a scene from Emmerdale

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Published: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 at 3:12 pm

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Dawn Fletcher (Olivia Bromley) has had reservations about her plot against Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) in Emmerdale - but it may be too late to change her mind.

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It's about time he experienced some comeuppance, after Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) discovered that he blackmailed Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) into planting passports belonging to Celia Daniels (Jaye Griffiths) and Ray Walters's (Joe Absolom) enslaved workers in the living room of Butler's Farm.

She was framed, and sent down for several months on a human trafficking and double murder charge. If Robert had refused, Joe would've took an incriminating video of Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) killing her half-brother John (Oliver Farnworth) to the police.

Becoming increasingly guilt-ridden, Robert decided to come clean. Moira was, understandably, furious - though said that she wouldn't go to the police - it was her husband Cain (Jeff Hordley) that he had to watch out for.

Seeking revenge on Joe, Moira made her way to Home Farm and aimed a double-barreled shotgun towards him. Dawn intervened, revealing that she was pregnant, and demanded to know whether Joe had really committed the crimes.

Moira talks to Dawn in Wishing Well in a scene from Emmerdale

Dawn Fletcher (Olivia Bromley) formed a plan with Moira Dingle (Natalie J. Robb). ITV

He denied everything, but she could tell that he was lying.

Later, she met with Moira and Cain on a country road, and the trio began to put a plan in place. Moira told Dawn that they needed to look at the situation from a fresh perspective, and really make Joe pay for his crimes.

She hoped that Dawn would resume their 'happy' life together, go through with their wedding, and then take him for everything he has.

Dawn promised that she would handover the funds to the Dingles, which would further enrage Joe.

However, in today's episode, she began to feel guilt-ridden over her scheming as Joe doted over her. She was experiencing morning sickness, and he bought her a care package to try and ease the symptoms and hopefully make her feel a little brighter.

Joe even invited her ex-husband Billy (Jay Kontzle) for a meal, wanting to cement their new blended family.

Joe and Graham look sideways in a scene from Emmerdale

Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) and Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) are aware of their scheming. ITV

Dawn rushed off to Wishing Will Cottage to tell Moira that she was questioning their plans. Moira suggested that she should flee the village before Joe discovered what they were doing, but she was insistent that he should be the one who left, and not her.

Vowing to win the war, Dawn agreed that she was going to take Joe for every penny that he owned.

Little did she realise, Joe and Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) were well aware of what was going on - and they were playing the long game to ensure that she didn't get away with it.

How will Joe get his counter revenge?

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Michael AdamsSoaps Editor

Michael Adams is the Soaps Editor at Radio Times, covering all of the hot gossip and spoilers from Weatherfield to Walford, Emmerdale to Hollyoaks and everywhere in-between. He joined the team from Metro, where he spent two years as a Soaps Reporter and previously worked on the sets of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

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